Broiler.



H. NOREGK.

BROILER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 21, 1911.

1,57,449. Patented Apr. 1, 1913.

2 SHEETSSHEET 1.

H. NORECK.

BROILER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 21, 1911.

LUEYAAQQ Patented Apr. 1, 1913.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

HERMAN NOREGK, or NORFOLK, VIRGI IA.

BROILER.

w ters.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. ll, 11913.

Application filed March 21, 1911. Serial No. 615,963.

' T all whom it may concern:

-' Be it known that I, HERMAN NoREoK, a

the following is'a description.

I upper member of the grate; Fig. 6 is a per- My invention relatesto improvements in broilers, in which a double dripping grate operates in conjunction with a multitude of gas jets above the grate, directing the flames downward toward the grate, and a multitude of gas jets underneath directed upward toward the grate; and the objects of my improvement are: I 1st, to provide a grate which ,will broil meat or other foods from below and above at the same time without turning; 2nd, to save time in the operation of broiling; 3rd, to save material, and particularly the grease and juices from the broiling meat; 4th, to simplify the broiler in construction and in operation; 5th, to make a durable and efiicient broiler of low cost of construction and simplicity of operation. I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a front elevation, partly' broken away to show the frame; Fig. 2 is across-section of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the right-hand side of Fig. 1, showing the gas-pipe connections and stopcocks; Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the lefthand side of Fig. 1 showing the drip trough; Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the spective view of the lower member of the grate; Fig. 7 is a bottom plan of the lower member of the grate, showing the tying strips; Fig. 8 is an end elevation of the upper member of the grate, showing the tying strip. Fig. 9 is an end elevation of the ,,lower member of the grate, showing the tying strip. Fig. 10 is a modification of the upper member of the grate.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

A is the body of my improved broiler; B is one of the upper perforated burner pipes, and B is one of the lower perforated burner pipes; C and C are the burner cocks; D is the drip trou h; E is the inlet gas supply pipe connecte with the burner pipes B and B F is the receptacle for the'grease.v and juices, and f is a connecting pipe from the trough D to the receptacle F.

G is the upper member of the grate,consisting'of a plurality of grate bars g, each convex upward and each separated from its adjacent bar by a narrow longitudinal space 9.

H is the lower member of the grate, comprising a plurality of grate bars 71., concave upward, each separated from the adjacent grate bar by a narrow longitudinal space It.

I and I are tying strips holding the grate bars of G and H in their proper place spaced longitudinally apart as shown at g and h.

My improved broiler comprises essentially a double grate, the lower member H of which is formed of a series of grooved bars, 71., each barconcave or V-shaped upward, above and near which is a grate G with another series of bars 9 concave downward, each bar in the upper grate overspreading the space it between two adjacent bars of the lower grate. The upper and lower members of my double grate are spaced apart perhaps for half an inch, and are inclined as a whole endwise a little, and at the lower end of the lower" series and underneath it is a transverse trough D inclined transversely. for collecting the greases and juices from the broiling meat and discharging and saving the same in a receptacle F. 1

Above the grate is a double walled plate of like area with the grate, the lower side of which contains numerous small perforations acting as gas jets, and into the 'inclosed space of the double-walled plate a suppl of combustible or fuel gas is lead for broi ing the meat from above, but I have shown in the drawings the preferable form of burner pipes B, each with'perforations directed downward, for gas jets. About the same distance below the grate, say about four inches, a series of gas burner .plpes B" are arranged in the same plane WlthefiCll other, with numerous perforations upward acting as gas jets and adapted to broil meat at the same time from below. 5

The operation of my double grate bro ler is to place the meat or food to'be broiled the 'upon the grate G, turning on and lighting the gas jets above and below. As the broiling proceeds, the upper grate G, the bars 9 of which are convex upward, directs the exuding juices and grease into the concave bars 72. of the grate H below without waste, along whichby the slope of the grate endtoo wise the juices are collected in the trough D, and the broiling is accomplished from above and below without turning, in the time ordinarily required for a single operation, where the meat is broiled from one side only. I may employ this grate most advantageously with fuel gas, but I may also employ it in the ordinary coal-fire grill, where the broiling is accomplished by burning coals below.

Having now described my invention,what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is- I In a broiler, a double grate, the lower member of which comprises grooved grate bars concaved upward in combination with an lglpper grate, whose bars are convex up war each arranged over the space between the bars of the lower grate, means for projecting downward from above the grate bars and over their entire area numerous gas flames, and means for projecting upward from below the gratebars and over their entire area numerous gas flames.

In Witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand at the city, county and State of New York, this 13th day of March, 1911.

HERMAN NORECK.

In presence of Jos. R. RANAGAN, FRANK ENFERNIA. 

